Sentiment analysis data retrieval

ABSTRACT

Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for sentiment data retrieval. A customer is recognized and customer data associated with the customer is retrieved based on the recognizing the customer. A relationship with the customer is determined based on the customer data. Input data associated with the customer is received from an input device. A sentiment analysis is run on the input data. A customer need based on the sentiment analysis, the customer data, and the determined relationship is determined. Customer data associated with the customer need is retrieved and provided.

BACKGROUND

Data associated with a customer continues to grow. Data can be generatedfrom customer accounts, transactions, purchases, etc. As the amount ofdata grows, using relevant and timely data for a customer becomesdifficult. Using the customer data in an effective way can be difficult.In addition, data may include real-time data such as image data, voicedata, location, etc. While the data may be used to draw a conclusionthat is used to help the customer, determining this conclusion andproviding relevant information to the customer or an employee that mayhelp the customer is elusive.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numeralsmay describe similar components in different views. Like numerals havingdifferent letter suffixes may represent different instances of similarcomponents. Some embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and notof limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a sentiment data retrieval accordingto some embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing a process for retrieving data based onsentimental analysis according to some embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing one example of a software architecturefor a computing device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a computing device hardwarearchitecture, within which a set or sequence of instructions can beexecuted to cause the hardware to perform examples of any one of themethodologies discussed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Effectively using data related to a customer combined with sentimentanalysis allows relevant and timely customer data to be identified andconstructively used. Without sentiment analysis, identifying timely andrelevant data may not be reliable. In addition, sentiment analysisallows for tailored and timely service that would not be available withonly customer data analysis. In addition, sentiment analysis of acustomer without associated customer data may not identify relevantcustomer data. For example, data that indicates a customer is happy maybe useful, but combining the customer is happy with data that indicatesthat customer recently had an increase in multiple pay checks allows fortailored service that is not available with just sentiment analysis.Described herein are embodiments that combine both sentiment analysis ofa customer with data associated with the customer to identify relevantand timely data. This data may be provided to the customer and/orprovided to an employee that may help the customer.

As one example, sentiment analysis may be run on telephone conversationswith customers at a call center. The sentiment analysis may provide anindication of frustration, anger, happiness, etc., for each of thecustomers. Relevant data associated with the customer, such as customername, time of call, length of call, transcription of current call,recent website history of the customer, customer account information,etc., may be retrieved as well. The customer data and the sentiment datamay be collected for multiple callers. Callers whose frustration/angervalues reach a set threshold may be trigger a message to a supervisor.The supervisor may be provided with the sentiment analysis, a history ofthe sentiment analysis, and the customer data. The supervisor may thenintercede in the phone call.

As another example, the supervisor may see the sentiment analysis andpart of the customer data as part of an augmented reality system. Forexample, the manager may see the customer's name, length of call,purpose of the call, and an indication of the sentiment analysis. Thisinformation may be provided near the person taking the phone call. Themanager may then select any of the customers to be provided withadditional customer data. The manager may also select to join the callvia the augmented realty system. As another example, the manager may bealerted based on the sentiment of callers. For examples, if any callerbecomes angry or irate during a call, the manager may receive an alert.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a sentiment data retrieval system 100according to some embodiments. The system 100 may be used in a varietyof settings to provide relevant information about a customer orcustomers 110 to the customers 110 or to an employee 130 that may helpthe customer. The customers 110 may register and/or opt-in to thesentiment data retrieval system 100. During this registration, thecustomer 110 may provide approval and access to data related to thecustomer. For example, social media data, customer calendars, email,etc. In addition, the customer 110 may provide information such as aphotograph that is used by a facial recognition system to identify thecustomer 110.

In one example, the system 110 may be installed at a physical locationof a business. Input devices 120 capture real-time data associated withthe customers 110. The data may be used to identify the customer 110.The input devices 120 may include cameras, microphones, eye scanner,etc. In addition, the input devices 120 may be a customer device, suchas a mobile device that provides GPS data. In one example, an ATMmachine may identify the customer 110 during a transaction by thecustomer 110.

Using data from the input devices 120, the customer 110 is recognized.For example, image or video data from a camera may be analyzed usingfacial recognition. Voice recognition may be done using audio recordedfrom a microphone. In addition, an application on a mobile device mayprovide a user identification that is used to identify the customer 110.

The data from the input devices 120 may be sent to a sentiment retrievalcomputing device 140. The sentiment retrieval computing device 140 maybe implemented on the hardware architecture described below in FIG. 3and FIG. 4. Accordingly, the structure of the sentiment retrievalcomputing device 140 is described in greater detail below in FIG. 3and/or FIG. 4.

The sentiment retrieval computing device 140 may retrieve data from acustomer data store 150 and provide to the customer 110 and/or to anemployee 130. The sentiment retrieval computing device 140 or anothercomputing component (not shown) may identify the customer using the datafrom the input devices 120. Once identified, customer data may beretrieved from the customer data store 150. Customer data may includeaccount information, website history, customer history, etc. Based onthe customer data, a customer relationship may be determined. Forexample, the customer may be identified as a banking customer, afrequent customer, a mortgage customer, etc.

The sentiment retrieval computing device 140 runs a sentiment analysison the input data from the input devices 120. The sentiment analysis mayinclude determining a level of happiness, frustration, anger,displeasure, etc. of the customer 110. The customer relationship andcustomer data combined with the sentiment analysis results are used todetermine a customer need. For example, the customer need may be todeposit a check, ask a question about an account, etc. In one example,the customer data includes the customer's visits to the company'swebsite. The visits may include the customer going to a frequently askedquestions (FAQ) section within the last week concerning mortgages. Inaddition, the customer data may indicate that the customer recentlycalled the company's telephone number and provide a transcript/call logof the call within the last week. The sentiment analysis may indicatethat the customer 110 is agitated. The sentiment retrieval computingdevice 140 may determine the question has a question concerning amortgage account.

The customer's visit to the FAQ web page, the telephone call transcript,and an indication that the customer is agitated may be provided to abank teller 130. In addition, because the customer 110 is agitated, thisinformation may be provided to a bank manager. In addition, thetelephone call transcript may be analyzed to determine a question askedby the customer 110. The sentiment retrieval computing device 140 maythen search for an answer. If found, the answer may be provided to thebank teller 130. In an example, the answer may also be provided to thecustomer 110 via the customer's mobile device.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing a process for retrieving data based onsentimental analysis according to some embodiments. The elements in FIG.2 may be implemented on the software architecture described below inFIG. 3 and executed on computer hardware, such as the computer hardwarein FIG. 4. In an example, prior to the process a customer my register totake advantage of the process. The registration process may includeproviding information such as a photograph to be used for facialrecognition, a voice sample for voice recognition, and consent for suchdata to be collected. In addition, permission to access the customer'ssocial media feed, calendar, etc., may also be provided by the customer.At 210, a customer is recognized. In an example, the customer isrecognized using facial recognition, voice recognition, locationinformation, or a combination of these. In an example, video data fromvideo cameras is used as input to the facial recognition system. Audiofrom the video cameras or captured from another microphone may be inputinto a voice recognition system. In an example, the customer may also beidentified using a customer identifier received from a customer's mobiledevice or from a transaction, such as an ATM transaction. Locationinformation, such as GPS location, may also be used to confirm that arecognized customer is at a location. For example, a customer may beconsidered at a location when the customer is within the vicinity of thelocation. The vicinity of a location may be within 50, 100, 250 feet,etc., from the location. In one example, the location information maydetermine when the customer identifier is sent. For example, when acustomer is near a location, such as a branch of a financial institutionlocation, an application may detect the customer is near the locationand then send the customer identifier.

At 220, customer data associated with the customer is retrieved. Thecustomer data may include open accounts, account balances, listing ofvisits, locations of visits, recent transactions, recent phone calls,recent website visits, any issues raised, any questions asked orsearched for by the customer, etc. At 230, this information is used todetermine a customer relationship. For example, is the customer a highnet worth customer, is the customer a new customer, is the customer amortgage customer, etc. This information may be used to determine whythe customer is visiting a location or a need of the customer.

Input data, such as a video feed, vocal feed, etc., is received. Theinput data may be the same data used to recognize the customer. Theinput data may be received from a video camera, a microphone, atelephone call, a chat history, etc. At 240, sentiment analysis is runon the input to determine a sentiment of the customer. In an example,the sentiment analysis provides a level for a variety of sentiments. Forexample, a customer may receive a score between 1 and 100 for a level ofconfusion, happiness, anger, frustration, etc.

In some examples, additional information associated with the customermay also be retrieved. For example, a customer's calendar may beaccessed. The customer's calendar may indicate that a trip and/orvacation has recently been added. Social media accounts of the customermay also be accessed. For example, recent social media posts, likes,etc., may be retrieved. Recent data may include data from the last day,three days, week, month, year, etc. Additional information may alsoinclude news or weather that is local to the customer's residence orwork. The information may be based on the resident location of thecustomer. For example, the city the customer lives in or news that isrelated to a location within the vicinity of the customer's residencemay be used as the resident location to determine the additionalinformation.

At 250, based on the sentiment analysis, the customer data, and therelationship with the customer, a customer need is determined. Theadditional information may also be used to determine a customer need. Asan example, transaction history may indicate that a customer is likelyto deposit a pay check or a bonus check based on a paycheck deposithistory. The sentiment analysis may indicate that the user is happy andthe social media information may indicate that the user recentlyreceived a promotion. Based on this information, the customer need maybe determined to be depositing a check. Other customer needs may includemaking a withdrawal, wire money, creating a new account, a customerissue, making a payment, investing, a mortgage question, etc.

The customer need may also be determine using the customer's location.If the customer is home, at a branch, at work, moving, or a long wayfrom home may all be used to determine the customer's need. For example,a customer that is traveling may be used to determine the customer needsinformation about exchange rates or branch locations.

The customer need may be determined using a computer learning algorithm.For example, historical customer data and sentimental data along withactual needs of the customer may be used to train a classifying system.Once trained, the classifying system may be used to determine a customerneed. The additional information may be used to verify the determinedcustomer need. In an example, the classifying system may provide two orthree potential customer needs. The additional information may be usedto change the ranking of the potential customer needs.

At 260, data associated with the determined need is retrieved. Theretrieved data may be account information. As another example, theretrieved data may be information regarding a change in regulationsrelated to the customer need. Compliance information may also beretrieved. For example, if the customer need is determined to be deposita check or transfer funds, compliance information may be retrieved andprovided. For example, a check for more than a certain amount of moneymay take longer to clear compared to a smaller check. This informationmay be retrieved.

At 270, the information is provided to an employee and/or directly tothe customer. As an example, the determined need may be used todetermine the most appropriate person to handle the customer's need. Forexample, a customer need may be determined to be to setup a new mortgageaccount based on the customer's savings goals and a happy sentiment. Theretrieved data may include the types of possible mortgages and theirbenefits/costs. This information may be provided to the customer via thecustomer's mobile device. In addition, a potential new mortgage accountalert may be directed to an employee that oversees opening new mortgageaccounts rather than passed to a teller.

One example of using sentimental data retrieval is waiving a fee for anupset customer as part of a transaction. A customer may walk into abranch of a bank after having searched for fees related to a wiretransfer using the bank. In addition, the customer may have used achatbot to ask about how to wire money. After walking into the branch,the customer may become frustrated based on the length of a line ofother customers. Based on retrieving the customer's recent web use andchat history, the perceived customer need may be to wire money. Usingthe customer's sentiment and the customer's need, the paperwork tocomplete for a wire transfer may be provided to the customer or thelocation of paper forms may be provided. In addition, a teller may besent the customer's need and sentiment prior to the customer reachingthe teller. In addition, knowing a customer is frustrated a welcomemessage may be sent to the customer's mobile device or a robot greetermay greet the customer.

During the transaction, the audio between the customer and the tellermay be captured. A second sentiment analysis may be run on the capturedaudio. A level of displeasure may be determined as part of the secondsentiment analysis. The level of displeasure may include a level offrustration, anger, confusion, etc. Based on the level of displeasure aswell as the customer's past activity, the sentiment retrieval computingdevice may determine that the wire transfer fee may be reduced orwaived. The sentiment retrieval computing device may automaticallycredit or eliminate the wire transfer fee. In addition, the tellerhelping the customer may be provided with an indication that the wiretransfer fee is being reduced or waived. This information may beprovided to the customer directly via the customer's mobile device.Additional information, such as the fee waiver policy may be provided tothe teller and/or customer. In examples, where there is an audiorecording of a transaction, a summary of the transaction may be createdfrom the audio recording and provided to the customer. The audiorecording may be done using a recording device, such as a microphone.The microphone may be incorporated into a mobile device.

Another example of using sentimental data retrieval is routing a call ora chat. For example. a telephone call with a customer may be recordedusing a recording device. The sentiment analysis may be run continuouslyor at various times during the call to monitor the customer's sentiment.Based on the sentiment analysis, the call may be routed to a manager.For example, if the customer's sentiment continues to trend in anegative direction and passes a predetermined threshold, an audio thatindicates the call is being transferred to a manger may be played andthen the call may be transferred. Data regarding customers sentimentsover many calls may be stored. This information may be used to indicatewhich employees handle upset customers well. For example, employees thatincrease an upset customer's sentiment in a positive direction may beidentified. These employees may then be routed customer's that areinitially determined to be upset or become upset during a call withanother employee or an automated system.

Sentiment analysis may also be used to control a local environment. Inthe banking example, there may be a long line of customers within abranch where some customers are upset. The local environment within thebranch may be controlled and changed based on the sentiment analysis ofthe customers. The lighting may be dimmed, music volume may be changed,or the music may change to more soothing music based on the sentimentanalysis. The described system may also be used to detect a robbery. Ifthe sentiment analysis shows a sudden spike in customers and/oremployees being alarmed, scared, etc., a robbery event may be detected.If audio is being recorded, audio may also be combined with thesentiment analysis to further determine a robbery is in progress. If arobbery is detect an alert may be sent to a bank manager and/orauthorities.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram 300 showing one example of a softwarearchitecture 302 for a computing device. The architecture 302 may beused in conjunction with various hardware architectures, for example, asdescribed herein. The software architecture 302 may be used to implementretrieving data based on sentimental analysis described in FIG. 2. FIG.3 is merely a non-limiting example of a software architecture 302 andmany other architectures may be implemented to facilitate thefunctionality described herein. A representative hardware layer 304 isillustrated and can represent, for example, any of the above referencedcomputing devices. In some examples, the hardware layer 304 may beimplemented according to the architecture 302 of FIG. 3.

The representative hardware layer 304 comprises one or more processingunits 306 having associated executable instructions 308. The hardwarelayer 304 may be used to implement the sentiment retrieval 140 describedin FIG. 1. Executable instructions 308 represent the executableinstructions of the software architecture 302, including implementationof the methods, modules, components, and so forth of FIGS. 1-2. Hardwarelayer 304 also includes memory and/or storage modules 310, which alsohave executable instructions 308. Hardware layer 304 may also compriseother hardware as indicated by other hardware 312 which represents anyother hardware of the hardware layer 304, such as the other hardwareillustrated as part of hardware architecture 400.

In the example architecture of FIG. 3, the software 302 may beconceptualized as a stack of layers where each layer provides particularfunctionality. For example, the software 302 may include layers such asan operating system 314, libraries 316, frameworks/middleware 318,applications 320 and presentation layer 344. Operationally, theapplications 320 and/or other components within the layers may invokeapplication programming interface (API) calls 324 through the softwarestack and receive a response, returned values, and so forth illustratedas messages 326 in response to the API calls 324. The layers illustratedare representative in nature and not all software architectures have alllayers. For example, some mobile or special purpose operating systemsmay not provide a frameworks/middleware layer 318, while others mayprovide such a layer. Other software architectures may includeadditional or different layers.

The operating system 314 may manage hardware resources and providecommon services. The operating system 314 may include, for example, akernel 328, services 330, and drivers 332. The kernel 328 may act as anabstraction layer between the hardware and the other software layers.For example, the kernel 328 may be responsible for memory management,processor management (e.g., scheduling), component management,networking, security settings, and so on. The services 330 may provideother common services for the other software layers. In some examples,the services 330 include an interrupt service. The interrupt service maydetect the receipt of a hardware or software interrupt and, in response,cause the architecture 302 to pause its current processing and executean interrupt service routine (ISR) when an interrupt is received. TheISR may generate the alert, for example, as described herein.

The drivers 332 may be responsible for controlling or interfacing withthe underlying hardware. For instance, the drivers 332 may includedisplay drivers, camera drivers, Bluetooth® drivers, flash memorydrivers, serial communication drivers (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB)drivers), Wi-Fi® drivers, NFC drivers, audio drivers, power managementdrivers, and so forth depending on the hardware configuration.

The libraries 316 may provide a common infrastructure that may beutilized by the applications 320 and/or other components and/or layers.The libraries 316 typically provide functionality that allows othersoftware modules to perform tasks in an easier fashion than to interfacedirectly with the underlying operating system 314 functionality (e.g.,kernel 328, services 330 and/or drivers 332). The libraries 316 mayinclude system 334 libraries (e.g., C standard library) that may providefunctions such as memory allocation functions, string manipulationfunctions, mathematic functions, and the like. In addition, thelibraries 316 may include API libraries 336 such as media libraries(e.g., libraries to support presentation and manipulation of variousmedia format such as MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG), graphicslibraries (e.g., an OpenGL framework that may be used to render 2D and9D in a graphic content on a display), database libraries (e.g., SQLitethat may provide various relational database functions), web libraries(e.g., WebKit that may provide web browsing functionality), and thelike.

The libraries 316 may also include a wide variety of other libraries 338to provide many other APIs to the applications 320 and other softwarecomponents/modules.

The frameworks 318 (also sometimes referred to as middleware) mayprovide a higher-level common infrastructure that may be utilized by theapplications 320 and/or other software components/modules. For example,the frameworks 318 may provide various graphic user interface (GUI)functions, high-level resource management, high-level location services,and so forth. The frameworks 318 may provide a broad spectrum of otherAPIs that may be utilized by the applications 320 and/or other softwarecomponents/modules, some of which may be specific to a particularoperating system or platform.

The applications 320 includes built-in applications 340 and/orthird-party applications 342. Examples of representative built-inapplications 340 may include, but are not limited to, a contactsapplication, a browser application, a book reader application, alocation application, a media application, a messaging application,and/or a game application. Third-party applications 342 may include anyof the built in applications as well as a broad assortment of otherapplications. In a specific example, the third-party application 342(e.g., an application developed using the Android™ or iOS™ softwaredevelopment kit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of theparticular platform) may be mobile software running on a mobileoperating system such as iOS™, Android™, Windows® Phone, or other mobilecomputing device operating systems. In this example, the third-partyapplication 342 may invoke the API calls 324 provided by the mobileoperating system such as operating system 314 to facilitatefunctionality described herein.

The applications 320 may utilize built in operating system functions(e.g., kernel 328, services 330 and/or drivers 332), libraries (e.g.,system 334, APIs 336, and other libraries 338), frameworks/middleware318 to create user interfaces to interact with users of the system.Alternatively, or additionally, in some systems interactions with a usermay occur through a presentation layer, such as presentation layer 344.In these systems, the application/module “logic” can be separated fromthe aspects of the application/module that interact with a user.

Some software architectures utilize virtual machines. For example,systems described herein may be executed utilizing one or more virtualmachines executed at one or more server computing machines. In theexample of FIG. 3, this is illustrated by virtual machine 348. A virtualmachine creates a software environment where applications/modules canexecute as if they were executing on a hardware computing device. Avirtual machine is hosted by a host operating system (operating system314) and typically, although not always, has a virtual machine monitor346, which manages the operation of the virtual machine as well as theinterface with the host operating system (i.e., operating system 314). Asoftware architecture executes within the virtual machine such as anoperating system 350, libraries 352, frameworks/middleware 354,applications 356 and/or presentation layer 358. These layers of softwarearchitecture executing within the virtual machine 348 can be the same ascorresponding layers previously described or may be different.

The architecture 400 may operate as a standalone device or may beconnected (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networkeddeployment, the architecture 400 may operate in the capacity of either aserver or a client machine in server-client network environments, or itmay act as a peer machine in peer-to-peer (or distributed) networkenvironments. The architecture 400 can be implemented in a personalcomputer (PC), a tablet PC, a hybrid tablet, a set-top box (STB), apersonal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile telephone, a web appliance, anetwork router, switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executinginstructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify operations to betaken by that machine.

Example architecture 400 includes a processor unit 402 comprising atleast one processor (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphicsprocessing unit (GPU) or both, processor cores, compute nodes, etc.).The architecture 400 may further comprise a main memory 404 and a staticmemory 406, which communicate with each other via a link 408 (e.g.,bus). The architecture 400 can further include a video display unit 410,an alphanumeric input device 412 (e.g., a keyboard), and a userinterface (UI) navigation device 414 (e.g., a mouse). In some examples,the video display unit 410, input device 412 and UI navigation device414 are incorporated into a touch screen display. The architecture 400may additionally include a storage device 416 (e.g., a drive unit), asignal generation device 418 (e.g., a speaker), a network interfacedevice 420, and one or more sensors (not shown), such as a globalpositioning system (GPS) sensor, compass, accelerometer, or othersensor.

In some examples, the processor unit 402 or other suitable hardwarecomponent may support a hardware interrupt. In response to a hardwareinterrupt, the processor unit 402 may pause its processing and executean interrupt service routine (ISR), for example, as described herein.

The storage device 416 includes a machine-readable medium 422 on whichis stored one or more sets of data structures and instructions 424(e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of themethodologies or functions described herein. The instructions 424 canalso reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory404, static memory 406, and/or within the processor 402 during executionthereof by the architecture 400, with the main memory 404, static memory406, and the processor 402 also constituting machine-readable media.Instructions stored at the machine-readable medium 422 may include, forexample, instructions for implementing the software architecture 400,instructions for executing any of the features described herein, etc.

While the machine-readable medium 422 is illustrated in an example to bea single medium, the term “machine-readable medium” can include a singlemedium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database,and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or moreinstructions 424. The term “machine-readable medium” shall also be takento include any tangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding orcarrying instructions for execution by the machine and that cause themachine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the presentdisclosure or that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying datastructures utilized by or associated with such instructions. The term“machine-readable medium” shall accordingly be taken to include, but notbe limited to, solid-state memories, and optical and magnetic media.Specific examples of machine-readable media include non-volatile memory,including, but not limited to, by way of example, semiconductor memorydevices (e.g., electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM),electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)) and flashmemory devices; magnetic disks such as internal hard disks and removabledisks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks.

The instructions 424 can further be transmitted or received over acommunications network 426 using a transmission medium via the networkinterface device 420 utilizing any one of a number of well-knowntransfer protocols (e.g., HTTP). Examples of communication networksinclude a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), theInternet, mobile telephone networks, plain old telephone (POTS)networks, and wireless data networks (e.g., Wi-Fi, 3G, and 6G LTE/LTE-Aor WiMAX networks). The term “transmission medium” shall be taken toinclude any intangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding, orcarrying instructions for execution by the machine, and includes digitalor analog communications signals or other intangible medium tofacilitate communication of such software.

Various components are described in the present disclosure as beingconfigured in a particular way. A component may be configured in anysuitable manner. For example, a component that is or that includes acomputing device may be configured with suitable software instructionsthat program the computing device. A component may also be configured byvirtue of its hardware arrangement or in any other suitable manner.

The above description is intended to be illustrative, and notrestrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or moreaspects thereof) can be used in combination with others. Otherembodiments can be used, such as by one of ordinary skill in the artupon reviewing the above description. The Abstract is to allow thereader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure, forexample, to comply with 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) in the United States ofAmerica. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be usedto interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Also, in the above Detailed Description, various features can be groupedtogether to streamline the disclosure. However, the claims cannot setforth every feature disclosed herein as embodiments can feature a subsetof said features. Further, embodiments can include fewer features thanthose disclosed in a particular example. Thus, the following claims arehereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with a claim standingon its own as a separate embodiment. The scope of the embodimentsdisclosed herein is to be determined with reference to the appendedclaims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claimsare entitled.

1. A method comprising operations performed using an electronicprocessor unit, the operations comprising: receiving, from a mobiledevice, a customer identifier, wherein the customer identifier isreceived based on the mobile device being located within a vicinity of abranch of a financial institution; capturing image data of a customer;providing the image data to a facial recognition system; performingfacial recognition on the image data; recognizing a customer based onthe facial recognition; retrieving customer data associated with thecustomer based on the recognizing the customer; determining arelationship with the customer based on the customer data; retrievingsentiment data; retrieving additional information associated with thecustomer from one of a social media account associated with the customeror a calendar associated with the customer; retrieving a transactionhistory of the customer; analyzing and scoring the sentiment data todetermine a sentiment; determining that the sentiment exceeds apredetermined threshold; and determining a need of the customer based onthe relationship with the customer, the sentiment, the additionalinformation associated with the customer, and the transactions history.2. (canceled)
 3. (canceled)
 4. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: capturing, using a recording device during a transactionbetween the customer and an employee, audio of the customer; and runninga second sentiment analysis on the audio.
 5. (canceled)
 6. (canceled) 7.The method of claim 4, further comprising: summarizing the transactionbased on the captured audio; and providing the summary to the customer.8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a residentlocation of the customer, wherein the customer data is associated withthe resident location.
 9. (canceled)
 10. The method of claim 1, whereinthe customer data comprises interactions with website content associatedwith a transaction.
 11. The method of claim 10, further comprisingrunning a second sentiment analysis on the voice data.
 12. (canceled)13. A system comprising: an electronic processor configured to: receive,from a mobile device, a customer identifier, wherein the customeridentifier is received based on the mobile device being located within avicinity of a branch of a financial institution; capture image data of acustomer; provide the image data to a facial recognition system: performfacial recognition on the image data, recognize a customer based on thefacial recognition; retrieve customer data associated with the customerbased on the recognizing the customer; determine a relationship with thecustomer based on the customer data; retrieving sentiment data: retrieveadditional information associated with the customer from one of a socialmedia account associated with the customer or a calendar associated withthe customer; retrieve a transaction history of the customer; analyzeand score the sentiment data to determine a sentiment; determine thatthe sentiment exceeds a predetermined threshold: and determine a need ofthe customer based on the relationship with the customer, the sentiment,the additional information associated with the customer, and thetransaction history.
 14. (canceled)
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 16. The system ofclaim 13, wherein the electronic processor is further configured to:capture, using a recording device during a transaction between thecustomer and an employee, audio of the customer; and run a secondsentiment analysis on the audio.
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 18. A non-transitorymachine-readable medium comprising instructions thereon that, whenexecuted by at least one processor unit, causes the at least oneprocessor unit to perform operations comprising: receiving, from amobile device, a customer identifier, wherein the customer identifier isreceived based on the mobile device being located within a vicinity of abranch of a financial institution; capturing image data of a customer;providing the image data to a facial recognition system; performingfacial recognition on the image data; recognizing a customer based onthe facial recognition; retrieving customer data associated with thecustomer based on the recognizing the customer; determining arelationship with the customer based on the customer data; retrievingsentiment data; retrieving additional information associated with thecustomer from one of a social media account associated with the customeror a calendar associated with the customer; retrieving a transactionhistory of the customer; analyzing and scoring the sentiment data todetermine a sentiment; determining that the sentiment exceeds apredetermined threshold; and determining a need of the customer based onthe relationship with the customer, the sentiment, the additionalinformation associated with the customer, and the transaction history.19. (canceled)
 20. (canceled)
 21. The method of claim 1, wherein thecall is between the mobile device and an entity associated with thefinancial institution.
 22. The system of claim 13 wherein the call isbetween the mobile device and an entity associated with the financialinstitution.
 23. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18,wherein the call is between the mobile device and an entity associatedwith the financial institution.